Featured Alumni Rower | Kelly Johnson

Nickname: Kel Bel (Thanks Treebs) Jiggity Johnson (Thanks Dylan) Year: Alum Hometown: Dayton, MN Major: Biomedical Science E-board Position: Women's Captain Fall 2008-Spring 2010 Years on the team: Fall 2007- Spring 2012

Favorite Erg Piece:

--One of the best workouts ever is the 5k erg/stair partner relay that Colton created and some of my fondest ergging memories come from 30min pieces with DeNucci while we were doing the Million Favorite Cox'n Calls:
--Droppin' Bombs!- Natalie.
--In 5 strokes you're gonna surge to the finish!- best part of any race

Favorite Rowing Memory:
--First time I understood a ratio shift (mixed 4 with myself, K Byrd, Hansen, and Collin with the Natalian Stallion Coxing). First time in a racing single on Lake Shawnee. I have many warm fuzzies when I think of rowing the Mixed Double with Schmatt McCann and all the hours I spent ergging with DeNucci chasing the Million. But ultimately my fondest memories aren't necessarily rowing related, they just happen to involve my friends and family that I met through this wonderfully dysfunctional team. All the inside jokes and embarrassing stories we share, all the crazy theme parties and stumbling home from the Press, Winter Banquets, Wine and Cheeses, Hot seats and naked van rides, Gin Buckets and Game Days, Floor Hockey, Rowing vs Pacific Wok Football, 6am Ultimate Frisbee, and many a night sitting in a friend's apartments just shooting the shit. It's no secret that the vast majority of my friends from college were met through the Rowing Team. Thank you everyone for fond memories! If you could row in any place in the world, where would it be? and why?
--Rowing in Oklahoma City at the Night Sprints would be pretty surreal. Lake Shawnee will also always hold a special place in my heart. I love the "Best Rowing Water in America." Topeka, America.